Toulon then Lions wait for Springboks’ lineout master Victor Matfield

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Victor Matfield, one of the driving forces behind the Springboks’ success, is to take time out from South African rugby, sampling the delights of Toulon on a six-month playing contract for the ambitious French second division club. Then he will return home and set his sights on the one element of rugby’s empire that has eluded him - playing for South Africa against the British and Irish Lions.

After claiming a World Cup winner’s medal with a man-of-the-match display, it is little wonder that Matfield, 30, was beaming on Saturday night. He has won Currie Cups, he won the Super 14